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Beautiful Home Sites -Winding Avenues and Streets Plenty of Trees Velvety
Lwns Magnificent Views Excellent Car Service Short Running Time Select
Neighborhood EVERYTHING That Goes to Make an Ideal Home Site You
Find at MOUNT VERNON.
RESERVATIONS are coming: in fast. It will not surprise us if every lot is spoken
for before the time of opening for sale. Sale of lots starts at 9 o'clock on Mon
day, November 7. We never expect to have another such tract to offer at such
bargain prices. On the opening day lots will be sold for from $000 to $1500
each 10 per cent down and 2 per cent per month. There is little probability that
these prices will last there is little probability that we will have any lots left after
Monday. .
E would like to have a thousand lots in this beautiful tract. There arc only
141. We can make happy only 141 people on Monday. We are extremely
sorry that such is the case. We must make sales in the order reservations
have been made. You can make reservations in person by phone or by
letter. Telephoned reservations must be followed by letter. The advantage you gam
by phoning is priority of choice. Your letter must be in our office Monday morning
or you must be here in person to select your lot or your phone message does not hold
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E have only 141 lots for sale and we must treat every one iair and square.
It's a case of first come, first served. Every lot at Mount V ernon is a big
bargain. Every lot is a beautiful homesite. You can have your home built
riirhtoff if vou want to for only a small payment down and small monthly
payments, about the same as rent. You will be proud of your Mount Vernon home. Our
advice is to sit down this very minute and write in your reservation. You may be dis
appointed at that they may be all spoken for before your letter reaches us. The sooner
you send in the letter the better are your chances.
PENI Sunday afternoon at Mount Vernon. Walk over these beautiful grounds.
Take in the magnificent views fron every point picture your home there
your children playing on the lawns or swinging under the trees. Note the ex
cellent caf service. Mount Tabor cars run down Morrison street., starting at
Eleventh. Marked SS in front. Get off at MOUNT VERNON. To those Mho are so
fortunate as to obtain one of these lots we extend our congratulations
will not get one of these barg;iins our regrets.
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NEW YORK. Nov. S (Special.)
Tfc activities of Collector Loeb
re caualng many Importers to
p amyt of anxiety and night of
dread.
me arrests of tha Duveem for twin
dtin the Government Uirough falao
Mlla of ladlnc created a sensation at
the time, but the a-eneral public has
practically forgotten the. case now.
bonne of our leading; merchants still
remember It. however.
The tip baa font out. up and down
Lower Broadway, that Loeb Is on the
trail of other offenders. It Is also Inti
mated that leniency will be extended
to those who march up to the captain's
offlce. confers their misdeeds and make
financial restitution. But tha trouble la
that tha majority of the culprits are
ao badly rattled that they do not know
what to do.
A certain lavwyar of my acquaintance
numbers among Ms clients a large
number of wholesale dealers In the
dry goods trade. Speaking of condi
tions the other day, be said:
Wealthy Men Jrar Prison.
"There are wealthy men in this city
who stand high In tha community, but
re In. deadly fear of going to prison.
In the good old days undervaluation
was not a crime; It was the rule
Everybody did It. and the payment of
money to the man who passed upon
the Imports was not regarded as any
thing out of the way. 1 honestly be
lieve that many of these men did not
realize that they were branding them
selves as criminals. They were aim
ply following the easiest way.
"Recent developments have caused
them much anxiety, however. Several,
and these are among the least guilty,
have consulted me as to the advisabil
ity of making confessions before the
tolls of the law ciose around them.
They are literally in a case of blue
funk.
"It would not surprise me to see
many more arrests before long.' All
Loeb needs to get evidence Is to send
his Inspectors around to see the sus
pects. Honestly. I believe that half of
them would break down If a man In the
'customa service pointed a nnger at'
them."
Ban on Bonfires and Booze.
Next Tuesday promises to be the sad
dest election day that New York has
ever seen. Not only is there a lack of
enthusiasm, but by edict of the au
thorities bonfires and booze have been
placed under the ban.
Heretofore it has been the custom on
election night to Issuevspeclal all night
licenses to certain hotels and restau
rants. This enaMcd their patrons to
hear the election returns, cheer and
drink large quantities of liquor and eat
more or less food. Election night and
New Years were the two best holidays
on the gastronomic calendar.
But Mayor Oaynor says he falls to
see why election night should be any
different from any other date. Not only
has he refused to grant special privi
lege, but the few places that now hold
ali-nlght licenses will have them sus
pended for that occasion.
As the police will probably enforce
the law. this means that after 1 A. M.
Wednesday It will he Impossible to get
a drink In New York outside of tha
clubs.
Naturally the hotel meiTand restau-rant-keepers
are blue over the outlook.
It has been their custom to lease their
tables at high flgurea and only serve
"wine. otherwise champagne. To prop
erly view election night bas heretofore
been an expensive proceeding. Now
the Mayor. In his malter-of-fact way.
has saved many persons large sums of
money and Inrldentatly put a crimp in
the bank roll of the restaurant-keepers.
Commlw-loner Larks Humor.
Police Commissioner Cropsey bas
extinguished the bonfires, which here
tofore have blazed all over the city
after dark. Mr. t'ropsey, who Is grown
up. cannot see any fun In this prac
tice. He also regards It as highly dan
gerous and likely to add to the work of
the Ore department. So strict orders
have been issued to the patrolmen that
tney must "fan" the small boys who
fan tho flames.
"The man without a country" has a
successor In the person of "a magis
trate without a court." This Individual
Is E. Gaston iilgginbotham, one of the
niost picturesque figures In the Police
Court bench In Brooklyn.
Tne magistrates do not sit continu
ously in on court, but are assigned
every two months, the idea l-e'iig to
C'UiMar.tly rhne them aroun.t. so as
It limit their tnllitnce. lllggialx:hara
ts In disfavor wlta his asst.-l-sts. and
recently was tried before the Justices
In Special Sessions on a charge mad by
a young girl, who went to his court
to obtain a warrant, illgglnbotbam was
acquitted, but the otlicr magistrates
refused to restore him to fellowship,
lie still bas several years of his ap
pointment to serve, and can only he
removed after a trial In the Appellate
term. Also be baa absolutely refused
to realgn.
Illglnbotham 1 Ignored.
Chief Marlstrate Kenipner solved th
problem. When he made out th as
signments of judge he carefully left
Higglnbothain off th list. Kempner
taking a court himself, although be Is
not required to do so. This left Hlg
glnbotham without any work, although
his salary ernes merrily on.
For the past few dnys lligglnbotham
has been spending his nights In the
corridors of the Krooklyn polio head
quarters. He waits there for some one
to turn up so he ran exercise his Judi
cial authority. I'p to date no emer
gencies have arisen.
The Board of Magistrates, In an ef
fort to completely squclrh him. has
adopted a rule that nu magistrate has
li e rt ir.it to accept bail unless he is
sued tiie warrant. This would seem to
be the last straw. For If a magistrate
cannot hold court or Issue marrants or
acvept ball, what earthly use Is lie?
There is a disposition on the part of
some taxpayers to resent the action In
this case. If Higejtnbotham la an un
lit man to hold otttce. the law provides
the wy to get rid of him. But to l-t
him draw full pay for no work Is hardly
tne thing for a reform administration
to countenance.
Spanish swindle Varied.
A variation of the old Castle In
Spa'n" smlmlle km worked In thts city
re-entlv. The crook escaped when Postal
Inspector got on his trail, and Is be
lleed to be (varied weet. As he may at
tempt to work ll'e game in Oregon, aa
rroure of It m-glit he timely.
Thl Individual carefully read the obitu
ary noocea In ttie papers. Then he would
send a letter to tiie dead man reading
.xnethlng like this:
"The last payment on your diamond
.ring has not ween met. and 1 now over
due. Because you have alwavs met pre
vious) dert promptly, we have derided to
extend the time for payment three
weeks. I'nlesa yotl are heard from be
fore that time, this in to formally notily
you that the ring will be sold and all
your right forfeited."
Son relative reads this letter and la
surprl?d to tind that the deceased ha
an Interest In a diamond ring. The fact
that it only cost $10 to get It Is a
temptation. This explains why several
hundred letera. each presum. bly con
taining 110 were seised by I'nlted States
officials. The man. however, got warn
ing and fled.
Some of our policemen sr figuring In
tho sensational hew of the day, and
there are likely to be several vacancies
on the forca before many week hav
passed.
Polk-eraan Is Thirsty.
Patrolman Waddell. very earnest and
very drunk, derided that he needed an
other drink. So he went Into a barber
slop and called for It.
Although the barber was willing to
oblige, he explained that he had nothing
In th line of refreshments except bay
rum. Whereupon the indignant cop,
pulled hi revolyer and nhot up th place
in true Wild Wost style. On customer
who waa only half haved ran out Into
the exreet, a man In a room back of th
shop was scared to death (figuratively),
when bullets whizzed around him. and
the entire place was wreeked. Also
Waddell did not get hla drink.
George Page la a mounted policeman hi
East New York. H was thirsty, but did
not dsr to leav hi horse. S ha rod
In through tho front door of a exOoon.
A couple of patron wer trampled iip
on. largo quantltle of glassware was
smashed, and Mr. Fag has been invited
to go to headquarters and tell the Com
missioner all about It.
First Deputy Police Commissioner Drls
'coll hus been doing th Arabian Nlghta
stunt of going about the city In disguise.
He says hia purpose la to Improve th
force, but really ho ha been having a
lot of pleasure out of It.
lrlcoll on SUM Hunt.
Drisroll disguises himself as a plain
ordinary citizen and enter a elation
meekly. He asks the lieutenant behind
the desk it be cm see the Captain, and
does not pet angry when ineailted. Final
ly at the proper moment, when the Lieu
tenant says something like "Who are you
who dares to take up my time?"' th
young official throw back hi coat, and
pointing to hi badge replies, "I am
First Desuty Commissioner DriscoH."
(Tableau).
It ie) JiKt like the line that always
brought dovrn the gallerlea In the popular
price houses, "I am Hawkshaw th D.
tective." Th only difference Is that
Drlrcoll does not wear false whiskers or
a wig. But you never can tell wlist
will happen In New York.
In on respect the sleuthing ha had
a good effect. It ha) mad the Desk
Lieutenants more polite. Heretofore some
of them have been absolutely unbear
able. Now they are afraid to take
chances.
The papers tiie other day announced
with a flourish of trumpets, that th
Ire trust will be placed on trial at once.
All of them overlooked the fact that
this case Is a striking example of the
Inexcwdble delavei of New York Justice.
Attorney-General Jackson began an
action to dissolve the Ice trust, and or
dinarily It would have taken it) proper
place on the Supreme Court calendar,
and have been reached In about three
years. But Jackson believed that this
matter was one of vital Importance, and
moved that It be given preference over
all other cases on the calendar. This
motion wss granted on July . 1908, by
Justice Glegerlch. despite th objection
of the Ice Trust' lawyer. Instead of
going shead with the eas they took n
appeal. whlch naturally prevented the
hearing. Now. over two years later, the
Appellate Division has decided that
Jackson waa right and that the Interests
of the people require that the case be
given preference. But as the trust will
sppeal to the Court of Appeals, the
chances are that the matter will b tied
up for another few year, before final
decision Is given and the real trial be
gins. In other words. If an ordinary case Is
on In the Supreme Court. It may be
reached in three years. But If It Is a
matter which requires speedy action and
Immediate relief, the trial will not come
up for four years. If the defendant has
enough money and the Inclination to
fight it.
PINCHOT SYSTEM IS BAD
Kfflcacy of Fire Patrol Shown In
' Preventing- Forest Fires.
PORTLAND. Nov. 5. (To the Editor.)
A slalement published In The Ore
gnnlan of last Monday was made by
the National Forest Service aa to tim
ber destroyed by fire during the past
dry season In the National fnresta of
Montana and Idaho, to the effect, that
'.0.P')0 acres of timber were burned in
the Coeur d Alene district. 100.000 acres
in the Clearwater district, and other
beavy losses, such as Helena National
forest. Montana. S00.000.000 feet; Cab
inet National forest. 4rtO.OftO.0O feet;
Lo Ijo forest, 300.000.000 feet.
Th statement Is made that these are
some of tha largest areaa burned over
during the past dry season. The mon
etary loss is stated to be $15,000,000.
We also have a statement said to be
given out byllead Ranger Neff that
100 square miles of timber were de
stroyed by fire during the past dry
season around Mount Pitt, In Oregon.
This, however. Is not a serious loss, as
cones are now being gathered and seed
"threshed out to reforest the denuded
district. There are also reports of enor
mous loss of timber In the National
forest from Crater Lake to headwaters
ef the Rogue and Vmpqua Rivers. In
Oregon. These are only the largest
losses of timber by fire In the National
forest In Oregon during the past dry
seaaon. We have no account of loases
hv fire In the National foresta of
Washington and California.
The National forests are under the
Plnrhot system of fire protection, a
system which is getting to be very bur
densome, not only to the whole people
who par the expense for protection,
but to th state in which these great
National reaerwa are located. The
atatrs are. not only losing the timber
In the Vtlonal reserves, but fires orig
inating In the reserves are getting to
be a great menace to state and private
ly owned timber adjoining these Na
tional reserves. State and privately
owned timber Is much more exposed to
fire than the National forests are. for
the reason that the state and privately
owned timber were early selections
made before the National forest re
serve were "created, and th selections
made In the most accessible timber In
the valleys and foothills, where there
are In operation during the entire dry
season loeglng camps, sawmills, rail
road building, building of wagon roads
and i-lsrlng of settlements. With all
these fire hazards, from which the Na
tional forests are practically free, the
state and private owners do not suffer
the enormous loss of timber by fire
that the National foresta do. This leads
one -to believe that the methods em
ployed by Mr. I'lnchot's system are
laulty.
In all places where the state snd
private Interests hav put In force a
good system of fire patrol, even with
these great fire hazards to contend
with, the loss of timber has been very
light. Should state and private Inter
ests turn their timber lands over to
Mr. Pinchot's system for protection,
with the fire hazard they are subject
ed to. the country would soon be de
nuded of forests. In a few years there
would not be enough trees left to seed
the denuded mountains.
P. S. BRUMBY.
Museum or Art Open Today.
The studios as well as the galleries
of the museum. Fifth and Taylor, will
be open today, and In them will be
hung 10 drawings In pastel of West
ern scenery by Miss Elizabeth Heil.
of Chicago. There will also be shown
some of the work of the classes In the
first month of the school work. In the
galleries may still be seen the bor
rowed paintings, the work of French
snd American artists, and the painting
of John H. Trullinger. together with
the collection of brasses. The first of
ti e scries of lectures on the "History
of Art" will b given by Mis Kate C.
Simmons, at 4 o'clock.. Monday, Novem
ber 7. on Egyptian art. The museum
hours are 9 to 5 week days, i to 5
Sundays: free, the afternoons of Tues
day. Thursday, Friday. Saturday and
Sunday. -
Var Minstrels to Shine.
Among the features of the Spanish
War Veterans' coming show. December
21. at New Heilig Theater, will be Rose
brook and his 12 soloists. Webber's Ju
venile orchestra of1 30 pieces, the crack
drill team of Vancouver regulars In wall
scaling feats, and "Ave big acts. - More
than 100 veterans, will take part in the
opening act. a novelty in Itself.
I.nturf and Saered Concert Toniftht.
. A lecture will be given this evening
In St. Mary's Cathedral by Rev. George
F. Thompson on "The Passion Play at
Oborammcrsau." Father Thompson
saw this wonderful drama recently and
his description of It and Its religious
significance will be interesting. Pro
fessor F. W. Good ha prepared a spe
cial programme of sacred music for tho
occasion. An admission of 50 cents will
be charged for the benefit of the pri
mary Cathedral school.
Church Finished Soon.
The roof of Sunnyside Congregation
al Church, East Thirty-second street,
will be completed this week and the
inside finishing will be started. As
large a force of men as can be worked
to advantage will be employed on the
Inside finishing, as it is desired to
rush the building to completion as
rapidly as possible. Rev. J. J. Staub.
the pastor, hopes to see the structure
finished by January 1, but he says that
the time cannot be fixed definitely
when it can be occupied by the congre
gation, it had been planned to. hold
Christmas exercises in the new edifice,
but this cannot be done. It Is a stone
building anxl the cost will be about
$35,000.
Real Estate Man Freed.
F. N. Barrett, real estate dealer, who
was arrested Friday for issuing a
worthless check, was released from
custody by the Municipal Court yester
day, upon the showing that belated re
mittances had arrived and that the
check had been honored. Barrett ex
plained that he did, not know that his
backers had failed to renew his bank
balance and that he drew against it in
good faith.
Ramp to Talk to Farmers.
B. F. Ramp, of Marion County. So
cialist candidate for Justice of Supreme
Court, will speak In Drew Hall, 1C2
Second street, near Morrison, at 8
o'clock tonight, on the subject: "WhJ
a Farmer -Should he a Socialist."
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